File:A street scene of people boosting for tickets to the "Grand Ball" during the boom days at the mines, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1905 (CHS-5414).jpg

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English: A street scene of people boosting for tickets to the "Grand Ball" during the boom days at the mines, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1905
  • Photograph of a street scene of people boosting for tickets to the "Grand Ball" during the boom days at the mines, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1905. ::*Crowds of men, women and children gather around a raised platform where a several men are preparing to sell tickets(?). The streets in front of the corner of the block are literally filled with people.
  • Several early-model cars are parked along the sides of the commercial buildings further down the street. Mountains are visible in the distance.
  • Photoprint reads: "Probably rock drilling contest, Fourth of July. Gans - Nelson Fight is the fight mentioned on sign".
  • Legible signs include: "The Mohawk headquarters, for visitors from San Francisco, [...] Tacoma, Salt Lake City, Denver, Chicago [...]", "Monte Carlo", "LaFayette Restaurant", "Miner's Exchange", "Waffle House & Restaurant, meals [...]AC/ and up", "Hotel Esmerlda", on a raised platform "don't forget the Grand Ball to be given at Arena after the fight at 9 P.M., Goldfield Miners Union, W-F-M Admission $1.50".


"In 1902 gold was discovered in the hills near Tonopah, Nevada. Soon a few tents dotted the barren hills among the Joshua trees, and the boomtown of Goldfield was born. In 1903 only 36 people lived in the new town. By 1908 Goldfield was Nevada's largest city, with over 25,000 inhabitants.
Along with the influx of miners and businessmen, came the labor unions. The Western Federation of Miners, the Industrial Workers of the World and the American Federation of Labor all vied for power in the region. During the early years, the unions were able to control wages and working hours.
But in November, 1906, the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company was incorporated by owners George Wingfield and United States Senator George Nixon, signaling the beginning of monopoly control in Goldfield, and the start of an adversarial relationship between mine owners and the unions." — unknown author.



Call number: CHS-5414
Photographer:
C. C. Pierce  (1861–1946)  wikidata:Q61995887
 
Alternative names
Charles C.
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 22 November 1861 Edit this at Wikidata 7 November 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Springfield
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q61995887
:Filename: CHS-5414
Coverage date: circa 1906
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Format: glass plate negatives
Type: images
Geographic subject (city or populated place): Goldfield
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Accession number: 5414
Microfiche number: 1-111-65; 1-113-23
Archival file: chs_Volume98/CHS-5414.tiff
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Subject (adlf): mine sites
Project: USC
Repository email: specol@usc.edu
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1906
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Geographic subject (state): Nevada
Subject (file heading): Mining -- Out of state -- Nevada -- Goldfield
Legacy record ID: chs-m17360; USC-1-1-1-14218
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Geographic subject (county): Esmeralda
Subject (lcsh): Mines and mineral resources
Date circa 1906
date QS:P,+1906-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(date created)
Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/17357
Author
C. C. Pierce  (1861–1946)  wikidata:Q61995887
 
Alternative names
Charles C.
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 22 November 1861 Edit this at Wikidata 7 November 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Springfield
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q61995887

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